The Chinese Communist Party’s top official for diplomatic affairs told the US Secretary of State today that China and the United States must choose between “cooperation or conflict,” according to state media.
“It is necessary to choose between dialogue, confrontation, cooperation and conflict,” said Chinese state television “CCTV”.
Wang Yi also said the country “will not make any compromise” regarding Taiwan, an island that Beijing claims as its territory and which has caused growing tension between the two countries.
Anthony Blinken, who is currently visiting Beijing, said that “maintaining national unity has always been at the core of China’s core interests” and “on this issue, China will not make concessions or concessions.” Since 2018.
Wang, head of US diplomacy, called on the United States to respect China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and oppose Taiwan independence.
In addition to Taiwan, other issues have contributed to strained relations between the world’s two largest economies. These include technological rivalry, US sanctions against China’s digital giants, trade and treatment of the Asian nation’s Muslim Uighur minority, and Beijing’s claims over the South China Sea.
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